The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for heatwave in several parts of the nation including Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, West Rajasthan, East Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi. The weather office mentioned in its bulletin that the heatwave-like conditions will continue to trouble citizens for the next couple of days. Yellow alert for these regionsIMD has issued a yellow alert for regions including Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Balistan, Muzzaffarabad, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and East Uttar Pradesh. Boiling mercurySeveral states of the country have recorded high temperatures surpassing the 45 degrees celsius mark. According to IMD, the highest temperature was recorded at 49.8 degrees Celsius in Phalodi, Rajasthan, and 48.3 degrees Celsius in Mungeshpur, Delhi. Unprecedented temperature was recorded at 47.4 degrees in Faridkot, Punjab, and 47.7 degrees in Jhansi, Uttarakhand.Heatwave conditions will prevail for the next three daysIMD scientist Naresh Kumar has said that in Delhi-NCR the temperature would continue to hover around 47 degrees. The temperature will remain the same for the next three days, after that there are some chances of relief, but no rainfall predicted. pic.twitter.com/ZXvIdwOaVW— RWFC New Delhi (@RWFC_ND) May 26, 2024Rainfall predicted in some regions The weather department has predicted rainfall, from light to moderate accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. Heavy rainfall is predicted for Kerala and Mahe on 29th and 30th May. In North East India, it is expected to rain lightly to moderately in most locations and heavily to extremely heavily in a few isolated areas on May 26 over Mizoram, Tripura, and South Manipur, then on May 27 and 28 over Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, and Tripura.
